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TIL Sweat is basically filtered blood.

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pKw8 TIL of Santo Condorelli, a Canadian swimmer, who gives his dad the middle finger before every race he participates in.
e0yDJ TIL Korean actress Cho Yeo-jeong, known as Ms.Park in Parasite, starred in a sex comedy when most young Korean actresses stay away from nude scenes as much as possible. Despite the collective concerns that she was "going nude too often," she chose another period thriller with explicit sex scenes
QJyX6 TIL The typical brain comprises about 2% of the body’s total weight, but uses 20% of its total energy and oxygen intake.
wLWlW TIL about the Byford Dolphin, an oil rig where in 1983 a diving bell carrying four men accidentally depressurized. It remains the only time in history where a human being was torn apart from rapid decompression.
XE4rE TIL If the world's wealth were divided evenly among its population, we'd have about $50K each (using 2014 figures).